Saturday, June 14, 2008

"Battlestar Galactica" Season Finale Recap & Review - "Revelations"

Battlestar GalacticaRevelations

Original Air Date: June 13, 2008

Brittany – TwoCents ReviewerBrittany@thetwocentscorp.com

Okay, what?

No seriously, what was that? What just happened? I usually sit down at my computer after the episode ends to get out some initial thoughts, but this time, I just stared at my T.V. in shock. Of course, my over-riding thought was ‘What in the frak did humans do to Earth?’ followed closely by ‘We have to stop pollution and war, NOW.’ What caused that? Did we do that to the planet or were we attacked? Or, did the Cylons take us out before we even had a chance? I’ve kind of started at the end here, Tarantino style, so let’s go back to the beginning and work our way back to this.

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No seriously, what was that? What just happened? I usually sit down at my computer after the episode ends to get out some initial thoughts, but this time, I just stared at my T.V. in shock. Of course, my over-riding thought was ‘What in the frak did humans do to Earth?’ followed closely by ‘We have to stop pollution and war, NOW.’ What caused that? Did we do that to the planet or were we attacked? Or, did the Cylons take us out before we even had a chance? I’ve kind of started at the end here, Tarantino style, so let’s go back to the beginning and work our way back to this.

Lee gives this whole montage to Kara that alludes to being convinced that Bill and Laura are dead. Seriously, they come to this conclusion based on nothing and Lee gets all teary for no reason. No one’s dead; have a little faith. Kara goes and starts quoting the Cylons and gives the ‘parents have to die’ speech. Someone’s never read The Power of Positive Thinking.

On the base star, human and Cylon gather around to discuss what’s next. Bill gets all protective of Laura when D’Anna says she is going to keep hostages in exchange for the final Cylons in the fleet. Bill protests leaving Laura to go back to Galactica, but she grabs him into a hug and whispers: “If the Cylons get the four they get Earth. You can’t let this happen. Even if you have to blow this ship to Hell.” Bill reluctantly leaves with D’Anna for Galactica and after D’Anna steps off the raptor, she looks around, right at the four Cylons because everyone is gathered right in front of her. The only one who steps up to the plate is Tory, (and I hate her a lot) under the guise of having to take Laura her medication. As if she actually cares. In a meeting in Bill’s quarters, Lee and Bill decide that Laura’s right; if the Cylons get the final four, then the base star has to be destroyed, killing everyone on it. So, Kara better get to work on a plan to get those hostages back by force.

Laura is embraced with Gaius, bandaging his stomach as he thanks her for saving his life. It’s completely hilarious to see these two locked in such an emotional moment when she’s trying hard not to give a frak about whether he lives or dies. Tory comes in all ‘Hey, I’m totally a Cylon so, why don’t you take orders from me, Madame President.’ She’s a total asshole and I want to punch her through the television. I hope that Laura airlocks her as soon as she possibly can.

The final four start hearing the call of their Cylon Lord, Bob Dylan, and it leads Tigh, Chief, and Anders to Kara’s viper. No one really knows what it means, but then D’Anna starts airlocking her hostages and everyone knows that now D’Anna means business. Tigh realizes that the only thing he can do now, in order to make sure half of the Galactica crew doesn’t get completely obliterated, is to tell Bill the truth. He does; he tells his best friend that he’s a Cylon and that he has been forever. What follows is the most crushing scene ever to have played out on this show. Bill completely loses it. Like, goes completely bat shit crazy and drinks and pukes, and screams and breaks shit, then passes out in the bathroom. Lee comes, and it’s so bad that Bill drools on him. I can’t go back and watch that again, ever, it was so bad. Lee promises that he’ll take care of everything, which means putting Tigh in an airlock and threatening D’Anna. When she doesn’t back down, Tigh gives up Anders and Chief and then all three of them are in the airlock. Kara, meanwhile, has been sitting in her old Viper when she realizes that the coordinates to Earth are there. Anders was the one who made sure she checked out the Viper and so she runs as fast as she can to the airlock and just as they’re about to be vented, tells Lee that those three just gave them Earth.

Now, with Earth off the table as a bargaining chip, D’Anna goes back to Galactica. Lee, in his second act of official Presidential duty explains that he could have just taken the fleet and run, but instead he’s sharing Earth with her. They shake on a deal to go to Earth together, letting the fantastic four decide what they’d like to do exactly since Lee has granted them amnesty. Lee goes to his dad and again, and it’s totally depressing. Bill’s all wrapped up in his bathrobe and sitting in the dark in his quarters. He’s unsure now about even going to Earth, but luckily the hostages have been released and Laura walks in. She talks to him like he’s three and rubs his back and gives him some cookies, and then he decides to put on his uniform. It’s time to go find Earth. Lee manages to get in some praise from Laura about how well he handled everything while she was gone and that he’ll be great once she’s dead and he’s the President for real.

In the CIC, Bill directs Laura to make the call, and she does, telling the crew to make that final jump to Earth. When it’s there, it’s beautiful and everyone cries and rejoices and hugs and Lee jumps up and tears off his jacket like a lunatic. But then they actually get down to the planet. It’s barren. Completely devastated and destructed. Is this really what they’ve been searching for? This dead planet? So again I ask: what the hell did we do to it? Global warming? War? Well, we’ll have to wait seven months to find out.

Seven long Battlestar Galactica-less months. I have so many questions that I don’t even know where to start, so what are YOUR Two Cents? How is the last half of the season going to go down? I personally hope that we move forward in time a little bit like the writer’s did with New Caprica. The months are going to be long, but luckily, you can cope by reminiscing! Each week until Caprica begins, I’ll be recapping favorite episodes from seasons one through three. Have more to discuss about the episode? Want to leave your TwoCents? Do it in the comments, or shoot me an email!